služba

See also: służba and służbą

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech služba, from Proto-Slavic *služьba. Equivalent to sloužit +‎ -ba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsluʒba]
• Hyphenation: služ‧ba

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Noun

služba f

1. service

   poskytovat služba ― to provide a service

2. duty (period of time spent at work)

   být ve službě ― to be on duty

   večerní služba ― evening duty

Declension

Declension of služba (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	služba	služby
genitive	služby	služeb
dative	službě	službám
accusative	službu	služby
vocative	službo	služby
locative	službě	službách
instrumental	službou	službami

Derived terms

nouns

• bohoslužba
• modloslužba
• službička

verbs

• vypovědět službu

Related terms

• sloužit

Further reading

• “služba”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “služba”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “služba”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *služьba. Equivalent to služiti +‎ -ba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slǔʒba/
• Hyphenation: slu‧žba

Noun

slùžba f (Cyrillic spelling слу̀жба)

1. service
2. employment, job
3. office, work
4. duty
5. divine service, ministry

Declension

Declension of služba

	singular	plural
nominative	slùžba	službe
genitive	službe	slùžbī
dative	službi	službama
accusative	službu	službe
vocative	službo	službe
locative	službi	službama
instrumental	službom	službama

Related terms

• poslužitelj

Further reading

• “služba”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovak

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *slew-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *sláugasder.?

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-āˀ

Proto-Slavic *-a?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-

Proto-Slavic *sluti?

Proto-Indo-European *gʰeder.

Proto-Slavic *-ga?

Proto-Slavic *sluga

Proto-Indo-European *-bʰeh₂der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-bader.

Proto-Slavic *-ьba

Proto-Slavic *služьba

Slovak služba

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *služьba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sluʒba/, [ˈsluʒba]
• Rhymes: -uʒba
• Hyphenation: služ‧ba

Noun

služba f

1. service

Declension

Declension of služba
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	služba	služby
genitive	služby	služieb
dative	službe	službám
accusative	službu	služby
locative	službe	službách
instrumental	službou	službami

Derived terms

• služobný
• služobne
• službička

Further reading

• “služba”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *služьba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slúːʒba/

Noun

slȗžba f

1. service

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “služba”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “služba”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references